Incandescent gas-burner.



waissms l. PATENT'BD APR. 14, 1908'. A. G MEKER.

INGANDESOENT GAS BURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED NOVA, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1,

No;884,834. PATE'N ED APR. 14C, 1908.

A. G. MEKER. INGANDESGENT GAS BURN APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 19 07.

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UNITED STATES Arn'yr orion i qroiirjenosens MEKER, or ASNIERES, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO LA socn' rrs' POUR LUTILI- mama.

SATION DE 1 AIR ET DE sus DERIVES, or mars,

FRANCE.

INCANDESGENT GAS-BURNER.

ll whom it may concern.

j Be it' known .ithat' I, A 'roh-r GEORGES QMEKER, a citizen of'the Republic of France, v

and? resident of Asnier'es; France, have invented a new and useful Incandescent Gas- Burner, which burner is'fullysetforth in the f w Th [burner intendedeit er for. heating or for in- '10 combustible gas 1 o'r-'va or,"coal'- gas, poor gases, carbu'reted air,-

etc. and employing oxy en or air enriche in V I oxygen as comburent, t e action of this comburent' being supplemented or not "bythe-action of'atmospheric air. 7 Y

,The' burner-hereinafter described is dee present ,in v en t ion' has forits object candescent. lighting, this'burn'er utilizing any ydrocarbon va or [vised with the objectofutilizing oxygen ofa l urity of 951 97 y'b'ut'it will of course be unerstood that it also oxygen of very different degrees of purity, the'efiic'iency only-differing. This form of burner, which is represented by way of eX- ample in the accompanying drawing, has been devised with the object of economizing t1on of gas and in particular of the consum oxygen, while atthe same time avoidin the carbon deposits which formlvery readi y in apptlliances of this nature.

the accompanying drawing, in which the same reference characters denote .the

'same parts throughout the several -views, Figure 1 is a vertical section of an illuminat- "jmg incandescent gas burner constructed in accordance with the invention, Fig. 2-is a detail plan view of the head of the burner, Fig.

e "(ik of modified form, at

; arranged laterally an 3am vertical section through a controlling Fig. 4 is a vertical secn of a burner particularly intended for heatin purposes, and Fig. .5 is a detail plan 1 view 0? t ehead of the burner shown in Fig. 4. Referring to the drawing; and particularly urner is controlled by a double cook the casing of which is provided with two lateral gas inlets a, a, as indicated by the dotted lines. The-inlets for the as to the cock may be constructed different and one only may be 3 the other on the connection which serves to fix the burner on its supports or bothmay be on the connection converted into a 'unction connection as shown in Fig.3. 'ihe single plug 0. of the I cock is provided with passages corresponding to the-gas inlets,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application-filed November 4, 1907.

as desired mayutilize pure oxygen and device .by 'hand.- In order Patented April 14, 1908. Serial No. 400,534.

tions the gases flow through the connections (2 andd.

In order top-revent the gases from passing from one system of channels to the other as a resultof leakages, the plug is provided near 'its middle part with a groove 6 which com1nunicates with the atmosphere through the orificef. This arrangement renders it quite impossible fora remature mixing of oxygen and gas to take p ace andconsequently eliminates all danger of explosion. It will of course be understood that this groove may be formed upon the plug itself, the casing carrying only the discharge aperture which may be located at any part of the circumfer- 7o ence.

Byappropriately regulating the orifice for the passage of the oxygen, this gas may be caused to reach the burner first, the object of this arrangement being to avoid any trace of carbon on the incandescent mantle. I The burner itself is in communication with the connection (2 and d by the intermediary of the tubesh and h and of the connectionsg and g). This arrangement is given by way of example only, however, and may be replaced by any other arrangement providing a gas-tight connection between the cock and the. burner itself.

- Burners in which oxygen is used develop great heat with a-fiarne of s'inall volume; owing to this the burner is subjected to avery high temperature and after it-has been burn ing for some time heats all parts of the system by conductivity and produces a harmful in fiuence upon the efliciency-and the operation of the device; this heating also'constitutes a serious inconvenience as regards moving the to avoid this transmission of the heat to all arts of the system, the tubes h and h are ormed of a metal or an alloy which'is as bad aconducthe passages of tor of heat as possible, say German silver, steel, nickel or the like. The burner itself is constructed in such a manneras to distribute I the oxygen in the form of separate jets at the base of a flame or rather of a series of jets of combustible gas. The oxygen conducted throu h the tube h becomes distributed in the c amberv thence flows throilgh the tubes 7c, 2. larger or smaller number of which may be provided accordin to thesize of the burner and the pur ose %or which itis to be used.

sothat in the open posi-I 7, 1g. 2- showsin plan the appearance oi the 116 j ofthe burner-casing and 1 05 gases is effect d by the parts 7" and T t any part of the ap aratus or even in front of the apparatus an head of the burner. The tubes I" come very slightly above oron a level with the. partitioned part 1. The combustible gas conducted through the tube it becomes distributed in the chamber i which is traversed in the direction of its height by the oxygen tubes lc. For the purpose of causing the gaseous current to be distributed uniformly at the'upper part of the chamber j, a distributing device is provided. This preferably takes the form of a cellular part 1 which is formed by setting metal strips cut in the form of combs at 90. to each other, whereby a honeycomb partitioning is produced, the cells of which are square in section. The main object of this arrangement is to provide a part resisting the action of heat owing to the very small ratio existing between the surface of the system in contact with the flame and the total surface of the strips of this system which is likewise constantly cooled by the flow of gas: another advantageous feature of this system is the division of the gaseous column intoas many separate ets as there are cells, the ad acent ets of an oxygen tube forming with these cells a burner unit and the combination of several of them under the same mantle, oron one and the same stove, constituting a single burner.

In the case of an illuminating burner the mantle p may be carried by a screw clamp 0 l'lXEtl to the socket 771 or to another detachable socket fitting into the former. The mantle is held in place by an ordinary suspension rod which may be an external rod-as represented in the drawing or a central rod, the central hole of the cellular system being well adapted for this purpose. I

The regulation of the supply of the two which may be locat in this case these parts are replaced by simple cocks. The said parts are provided with a hole of suflicie'nt size to permit of the passage of the quantities of gas required for the efficient operation of the burner. Instead of being provided with a hole, these parts may be tapered on one side they fit into their casing frictionally.-

In cases in which the combustible and comburent gases are not supplied to the apparatus at constant or uniform pressure, and

if thepressures do not vary simultaneously, it is readily possible to interpose su ply regulators between the connections (1, 5 and the tube h, h which maintain the ratio between the two gases constant.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the tubes 72/ and h are also .formed of a metal which is as bada conductor of heat as possible, the oxygen is distributed by the tubes 76 above the cellular system 1; the number of tubes and their'arrangement varies in ac-' cordance with the dimensions of the burner and the purpose for which it is used; there should be a sufficient number of them and their diameters should be large enough to prevent the oxygen from escaping with an excessive velocity; the-regulation of the suplies of gas is effected outside the apparatus by means of the corresponding cocks shown diagrammatically in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, '1 claim:

1. In an incandescent gas-burner, the com binationoi a casing divided into chambers arranged one above the other, means to conduct gas to one of said chambers, means to conduct oxygen to the other chamber, tubes leading upwardly through the upper chamber from the lower chamber to the top of the casing, and a lurality of strips or partitions arranged in t 1e form of a honeycomb eX- tending about said tubes at the upper end of the casing and forming discharge orifices for the u per chamber.

2. In an incandescentgas-burner, the combination of a casing divided into upper and lower chambers, means for supplying oxygen to the lower chamber, means for supplying gas to the upper chamber, a series of tubes leading from the lower chamber through the u per and extending above the casing, and a p urality of metal strips superposed on the casing and extending about'the upper ends of said tubes, said strips being arranged to form a-plurality of discharge orifices for the gas.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib mg witnesses.

ANTONY esoaeus MEKER.

I Witnesses:

EMILE LEDRET, H. C. COKE. 

